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2:36 pm EDT, Friday, June 5, 2020

Big Rapids Public School teachers wished their students farewell with several parades Thursday. Both Riverview and Brookside Elementary school staff said goodbye to their students at noon, with teachers waiving from the road and announcing students as they passed by the Riverview building. Big Rapids Middle School students also were wished a happy summer at a parade in the middle school parking lot. Students and families drove through the parking lot and waived to their teachers, who stood on the sidewalk and cheered them on.

Big Rapids Public School teachers wished their students farewell with several parades Thursday. Both Riverview and Brookside Elementary school staff said goodbye to their students at noon, with teachers waiving

Big Rapids Public School teachers wished their students farewell with several parades Thursday. Both Riverview and Brookside Elementary school staff said goodbye to their students at noon, with teachers waiving from the road and announcing students as they passed by the Riverview building. Big Rapids Middle School students also were wished a happy summer at a parade in the middle school parking lot. Students and families drove through the parking lot and waived to their teachers, who stood on the sidewalk and cheered them on.

Big Rapids Public School teachers wished their students farewell with several parades Thursday. Both Riverview and Brookside Elementary school staff said goodbye to their students at noon, with teachers waiving

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